Cheltenham Races
Cheltenham
15:00
Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Registered As The Bristol Novices' Hurdle) (GBB Race)
Cheltenham
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024
Distance: 3m
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 1
Surface: Turf
Win: £5.50
Place: £2.10 £2
Exacta: £18.10
Trifecta: £106.40
Non-Runners: Stop Loss (self certificate)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Jet Blue (FR) | 5 G | Good | D Cottin | 159 lbs | 9/2 | Won | In touch with leaders - not fluent 2nd - soon in rear - not fluent 3rd - rapid headway before 4 out - went second 3 out - led home turn - clear when mistake last - ridden run-in - readily(op 4/1 tchd 7/2) | ||
| 2nd | 3 | Western Knight (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Joe Tizzard | 157 lbs | 9/2 | 6.5 | In rear - jumped left 1st - in touch with leaders 3rd - headway 2 out - went second before last - kept on but no match for winner(op 5/1) | ||
| 3rd | 7 | Yellow Car (IRE) | 6 G | Elite | David Killahena & Graeme McPherson | 154 lbs | 12/1 | 3 | Prominent - not fluent 7th - not fluent 3 out - mistake 2 out - rallied and went third last - kept on(op 9/1) | ||
| 4th | 5 | Clondaw General (IRE) | 5 G | Good | Kim Bailey | 154 lbs | 9/2 | 1.25 | Raced in second - mistake and lost second 3 out - outpaced 2 out - kept on(tchd 11/2) | ||
| 5th | 2 | Skyjack Hijack (IRE) | 6 G | Elite | Jennie Candlish | 157 lbs | 11/8F | 10 | Led - mistake 6th - not fluent 7th - headed home turn - soon weakened(op 6/4) | ||
| 6th | 4 | Aboutdamntime (IRE) | 5 G | Good | Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero | 154 lbs | 14/1 | 49 | In rear - in touch with leaders 3rd - struggling after 3 out - tailed off(op 12/1) |